Happy new year and welcome to the first Link Feast of 2016 – the weekly post where our editor lists his favourite recent psychology and neuroscience links:

Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive AdvertisingThe creators and marketers of the Lumosity “brain training” program have agreed to settle US Federal Trade Commission charges alleging that they deceived consumers with unfounded claims that Lumosity games can help users perform better at work and in school, and reduce or delay cognitive impairment associated with age and other serious health conditions. [more on brain training]

Therapy Wars: The Revenge of FreudCheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology’s dingy basement, writes The Guardian’s Oliver Burkeman. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for psychoanalysis. Is it time to get back on the couch?

Trivers’ PursuitRenegade scientist Robert Trivers is lauded as one of our greatest thinkers—despite irking academia with blunt talk and bad manners. Profile by Matthew Hutson in Psychology Today.

The Age of Loneliness (video)In this BBC documentary, people from all walks of life talk honestly about their experiences with loneliness, from a 19-year-old student to a 100-year-old woman [more on loneliness].